Buckner (surname)

Buckner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Bill Buckner (1949–2019), American baseball first baseman and outfielder
• Billy Buckner (born 1983), American baseball pitcher
• Brentson Buckner, former National Football League player
• Charles Buckner, (c. 1735–1811) admiral in the British Royal Navy
• Dave Buckner, drummer of Papa Roach
• DeForest Buckner (born 1994), American football player
• Derek Buckner, 21st-century New York painter
• George Washington Buckner (1855-1943), American physician and diplomat
• Jack Buckner, British track athlete
• John Buckner (bishop), LL.D. (1734–1824), Bishop of Chichester, England
• Lena Northern Buckner (1875-1939), American social worker
• M. M. Buckner, science-fiction author
• Milt Buckner, (10 July 1915 – 27 July 1977), American jazz pianist and organist
• Mordecai Buckner (c. 1735–1787), American Continental Army officer
• Randy Buckner, American neuroscientist
• Richard Buckner (1812–1883), English portraitist
• Richard Buckner, American singer-songwriter
• Robert Buckner (1906-1989), American writer and film producer
• Simon Bolivar Buckner, Confederate general during the American Civil War
• Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886-1945), American general during World War II
• Susan Buckner (1952–2024), American actress
• Thomas Buckner (born 1941), New York baritone
• William Buckner (1605-1657), Archdeacon of Salisbury, England
• William Buckner (?-1700), Member of the Irish Parliament for Dungarvan